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meet the definition of unassociated 

funerary objects and that have a cultural 

affiliation with the Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The cultural items were removed 

from a burial cave on the Kona coast of 

Hawai1i island. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

March 25, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Jonathan Osorio, Dean 

of Hawai1inuia ̄kea School of Hawaiian 

Knowledge, University of Hawai1iMa ̄noa, 2540 Maile Way, HI 96822, 

telephone (808) 956–0980, email 

osorio@hawaii.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of the University of 

Hawai1i. The National Park Service is 

not responsible for the determinations 

in this notice. Additional information 

on the determinations in this notice, 

including the results of consultation, 

can be found in the summary or related 

records held by the University of 

Hawai1i. 

Description 

Two burial kapa (bark cloth) were 

recently discovered within numbered 

editions of a book entitled Specimens of 

Hawaiian Kapa Vol I by D.R. Severson 

within the UH Library system. One 

edition, No. 20, 2 was found in the UHManoa (UHM) Hamilton Library, 

GN432.S37, while the other edition, No. 

28, was found in the UH-Hilo Mo1okini 

Library, GN432.S37. All respective 

numbered editions of the book (No.’s 1 

to 95) were published by Severson in 

1979, with No.’s 1–50 including 

samples of burial kapa. UH Ma ̄noa 

acquired a copy (No. 20) in the same 

year it was published; UH Hilo received 

a donation of a copy (No. 28) in 2019. 

Each book contained actual kapa 

samples that Severson had gathered 

over the years from various notable 

collections and individuals; however, 

the burial kapa was from Severson’s 

personal collection. The only detail 

regarding their acquisition indicates that 

they were acquired from burial caves on 

the Kona Coast of Hawai1i Island. There 

is no way to determine if they were 

illicitly acquired or not. As the book 

contains traditional Hawaiian kapa 

acquired during the 19th century, its 

assumed that the burial kapa may have 

also likely been acquired during the 

same time period. Its further unknown 

if these burial kapa were exclusively 

made for burial or if they were personal 

belongings of the deceased. 

Cultural Affiliation 

A detailed assessment of the 

unassociated funerary objects was made 

by UH staff in consultation with 

representatives of Hui Iwi Kuamo1o and 

the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA). 

There is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can reasonably be traced 

between the unassociated funerary 

object and present-day Native Hawaiian 

organizations listed in this notice. The 

following types of information were 

used to reasonably trace the 

relationship: anthropological 

information, historical information, and 

expert opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the University of Hawai1i 

has determined that: 

• The two cultural items described 

above are reasonably believed to have 

been placed with or near individual 

human remains at the time of death or 

later as part of the death rite or 

ceremony and are believed, by a 

preponderance of the evidence, to have 

been removed from a specific burial site 

of a Native American individual. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the cultural items and 

the Hui Iwi Kuamo1o. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items in this 

notice must be sent to the Responsible 

Official identified in ADDRESSES. 

Requests for repatriation may be 

submitted by any lineal descendant, 

Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

who shows, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 

descendant or a culturally affiliated 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

Repatriation of the cultural items in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after March 25, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the University of Hawai1i must 

determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the cultural 

items are considered a single request 

and not competing requests. The 

University of Hawai1i is responsible for 

sending a copy of this notice to the 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations identified in this notice. 

This notice was submitted before the 

effective date of the revised regulations 

(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, 

effective January 12, 2024). As the 

notice conforms to the mandatory 

format of the Federal Register and 

includes the required information, the 

National Park Service is publishing this 

notice as submitted. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3004, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. 

Dated: February 9, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03576 Filed 2–21–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037416; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) 

has completed an inventory of human 

remains and has determined that there 

is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The human remains were 

collected at the Office of Indian Affairs 

Government School, Akutan Island, AK. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after March 25, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–2374, email jpickering@

fas.harvard.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of the PMAE. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the inventory or related records held 

by the PMAE. 


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Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 14 individuals were 

collected at the Office of Indian Affairs 

Government School, Akutan Island, AK. 

The human remains are hair clippings 

collected from one individual who was 

recorded as being 68 years old, one 

individual recorded as being 67 years 

old, one individual who was recorded 

as being 65 years old, one individual 

who was recorded as being 47 years old, 

three individuals who were recorded as 

being 45 years old, two individuals who 

were recorded as being 40 years old, one 

individual recorded as being 30 years 

old, one individual who was recorded 

as being 19 years old, two individuals 

recorded as being 14 years old, and one 

individual recorded as being 13 years 

old. All individuals were identified as 

‘‘Aleut.’’ Elizabeth Burrows took the 

hair clippings at the Office of Indian 

Affairs Government School, Akutan 

Island between 1930 and 1933. Burrows 

sent the hair clippings to George 

Woodbury, who donated the hair 

clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 

cultures. There is a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 

peoples, or cultures and one or more 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: kinship and 

anthropological. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate lineal 

descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native 

Hawaiian organizations, the PMAE has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 14 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains 

described in this notice and the Native 

Village of Akutan. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains in this notice must be 

sent to the Responsible Official 

identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for 

repatriation may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

identified in this notice. 

2. Any lineal descendant, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice who shows, 

by a preponderance of the evidence, that 

the requestor is a lineal descendant or 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Repatriation of the human remains in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after March 25, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the PMAE must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the human remains are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The PMAE is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribe identified in 

this notice. 

This notice was submitted before the 

effective date of the revised regulations 

(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, 

effective January 12, 2024). As the 

notice conforms to the mandatory 

format of the Federal Register and 

includes the required information, the 

National Park Service is publishing this 

notice as submitted. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. 

Dated: February 9, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03582 Filed 2–21–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037412; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) 

has completed an inventory of human 

remains and has determined that there 

is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The human remains were 

collected at the ‘‘Carson Indian School,’’ 

(now Stewart Indian School), Carson 

City County, NV, and the Sherman 

Institute, Riverside County, CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after March 25, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–2374, email jpickering@

fas.harvard.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of the PMAE. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the inventory or related records held 

by the PMAE. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were 

collected at ‘‘Carson Indian School,’’ 

(now Stewart Indian School), Carson 

City County, NV. The human remains 

are hair clippings collected from one 

individual, George Wessell, who was 

recorded as being male, 15 years old and 

identified as ‘‘Digger.’’ Frederic Snyder 

took the hair clippings at the ‘‘Carson 

Indian School’’ between 1930 and 1933. 

Snyder sent the hair clippings to George 

Woodbury, who donated the hair 

clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were 

collected at the Sherman Institute, 

Riverside County, CA. The human 

remains are hair clippings collected 

from one individual, May Hadurick, 

who was recorded as being female, 16 

years old and identified as ‘‘Miwok.’’ 

Samuel H. Gilliam took the hair 

clippings at the Sherman Institute 

between 1930 and 1933. Gilliam sent 

the hair clippings to George Woodbury, 

who donated the hair clippings to the 

PMAE in 1935. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 

cultures. There is a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 

peoples, or cultures and one or more 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 


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